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of Texas, as such, wherewith and whereby all the, good citizensof our said Republic of Texas, saved much costs and labor, inthe month of January in the fourth year of the Independence ofour said Republic of Texas and A. D. 1840 and continually after-ward until the day of the taking of this inquisition at the Countyaforesaid the said County jail or prison was, and yet remainsconsumed by fire, so that the good citizens of our said Republicof Texas during the time last aforesaid could not use the same asthey ought and were wont and accustomed to do to the great dam-age and common nuisance of all good citizens of the Republicof Texas, and against the form of the Statute in such case made andprovided, and against the peace and dignity of the, Republic-And that the citizens of the said County of Red River, the saidRepublic's County Jail or prison in the town of Clarksville oughtto rebuild and keep in repair so long as the same shall be necessary.Wm M. Williams, Dist. Atty.7th Judicial DistrictProsecutor[Endorsements]No. 6oRepublic of Texasvs. Nuisance.The Citizens of Red River CountyA True BillJas. N. SmithForeman of the Grand JuryFiled 8 October, 1840Wade H. Vining, Clk. D. C.The indictment of a whole people notwithstanding, the nuis-ance remained. As late as October 11, 1842, a change of venue inthe William P. Rose murder trial was required, mainly becausethere was no adequate jail in which to keep Rose and the othernine men accused of the crime. But sometime later a fine jailwas built and used until 1885, when the present jail was con-structed. The old jail was then used as a hotel until 1928, whenit was torn down in order to build two large filling stations onthe site. The old building was so substantially built that thedemolition contractor complained of a loss of money on the job.